Animator and Digital Painter Adam Howard Part II: The Invisible CG of Birdman | CGI Fridays - Episode 7

CGI Fridays – A Visual Effects Interview Podcast (Season 2 Coming Soon)

Our first two-part episode of CGI Fridays – and if you’ve caught up with Episode 6, you’ll understand why – Australian-born veteran of small and large screen CG is, like many Aussies, a natural raconteur. When we left him he was recalling work on James Cameron’s epic Titanic – which in 1997 overtook Star Wars’ box office records – so it’s appropriate that we rejoin him for CGI Fridays Episode 7 in the climatic final chapter of the Prequel Trilogy.

His full IMDb lists his credits as

Axanar (visual effects supervisor) (announced)

Into the Wolves Den (visual effects supervisor) (pre-production)

The Black Demon (visual effects supervisor) (post-production)

Servant (TV Series) (Post VFX Supervisor - 1 episode)

- Episode #4.1 (2023) ... (Post VFX Supervisor: Powerhouse VFX)

Queer as Folk (TV Series) (visual effects supervisor - 1 episode)

- Babylon (2022) ... (visual effects supervisor)

Lady of the Manor (visual effects supervisor)

Fear of Rain (visual effects supervisor)

The Hurricane Heist (visual effects supervisor)

Powers (TV Series) (visual effects supervisor - 10 episodes)

Pee-wee's Big Holiday (visual effects supervisor)

Self/less (visual effects supervisor)

Away & Back (TV Movie) (on-set visual effects coordinator)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (visual effects supervisor - uncredited)

My Mistress (additional visual effects)

Prelude to Axanar (Short) (on-set visual effects supervisor)

Cosmos (TV Mini Series documentary) (visual effects consultant - 13 episodes)

So You Think You Can Dance (TV Series) (visual effects artist - 1 episode)

American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (TV Series) (visual effects artist - 16 episodes)

Last Vegas (visual effects supervisor)

The Internship (visual effects consultant)

The 85th Academy Awards (TV Special) (visual effects supervisor - segment "Sally Field and sock puppet sketches", uncredited)

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (visual effects supervisor)

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (visual effects supervisor)

Tower Heist (visual effects consultant)

Unknown (visual effects supervisor)

Season of the Witch (visual effects supervisor: additional photography, Shreveport)

The Social Network (visual effects supervisor: Outback Post)

Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey (Video short) (visual effects supervisor)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (visual effects supervisor: CafeFx)

Punisher: War Zone (on-set visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic)

Rush Hour 3 (co-visual effects supervisor)

Moola (visual effects supervisor)

Eragon (sabre artist: ILM)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (sabre artist: ILM)

Mission: Impossible III (sabre artist: ILM)

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (sabre artist: ILM)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (digital artist: ILM)

Jarhead (sabre artist: ILM)

The Island (sabre artist: ILM)

War of the Worlds (sabre artist: ILM)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (sabre artist: ILM)

xXx²: The Next Level (sabre artist: ILM)

The Pacifier (sabre artist: ILM)

Radius (Short) (visual effects supervisor)